[nzlug] Grannix? Looking for a simple distro with Icon based menu like eeePC

[Dirk Pilat]

Hiho,

I have just assembled a computer with parts from the local recycling  
centre for a total of 17 (seventeen) dollars. It's a Pentium II based  
A-Trend mobo with 192 MB of ram and an old AGB Nvidia Vanta card.
I had an old 5 Gig hd lying around and rigged it all up and  
surprisingly it works well.

The person this little machine is for is completely computer  
illiterate (I work with her, so I know) and can barely find the  
Windows 'start' button. Hence I decided agains Damn Small Linux,  
GEubuntu or Puppy and went for Xubuntu.

The GUI is so simple that even she will able to use it,  it will be  
easy to remotely administer and Xfce works well under Envy with that  
old Nvidia card.

While I prefer DSL myself, it's GUI is hopelessly complicated (even  
4+) for non-geeks.

Dirk



On 6/01/2008, at 8:46 PM, Howard wrote:

> After playing with an eeePC I thought there must be a distro around  
> preconfigured to start up with a simple 'large icon' based program  
> selection structure.
>
> I'm looking for a solution for a older person who would like to use  
> email/skype and a couple of other things but the fast startup, and  
> simple structure of the eeePC menus would make it so much easier to  
> use.
>
> I'm not ready to plonk $600 on the eeePC for her yet (I have spare  
> laptops of similar spec), but may do if I can't find anything  
> suitable.
>
> I know one could be made from most of the modern window managers,  
> but anyone know of something pre existing?
>
> Does the Xandros OS with the eeePC install on other hardware  
> easily?  I can't find any mention of this on the eeePC user wikis  
> etc.  Also, I can only see the source code on the Asus site, not an  
> installable ISO.
>
> Yes, I'd call it Grannix if I were to compile this distro myself... ;)
>
> cheers
> H
>
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